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Thanks for replies, I didn't want to start a flame. I have good opportunity to send the blade to professional polisher for formal judgement, if it is worth restoration or not. Probably not but I will give it a chance. I didn't make any damage to the blade as all important geometry lines are preserved and minimum material was removed just to put the worst rust off the blade. B.R. Lubo

Hello, thank you for reply. I just paste an image of hada in detail as it is not visible on the previous pictures. Have a nice day, Lubo.

Hello folks, please I tried to restore rusty wakizashi. Rust and geometry problems are still not fixed (somebody before me used sandpaper on yokote and shinogi ). I noticed it has interesting hamon and hada and may be it is a good old sword. It is not definitely gunto or WW2 stuff. Please somebody help me with the period - school classification. I don't want to ruin valuable piece. I suspect it could be mizuta school but I can't see any nie or nioi. Does it have any value ? Thank you very much, Lubo. *********************************** Mei: Mumei. Sugata: Shinogi-zukuri, tori-zori, iori-mune. Overall length: 21 inches (533 mm) Nagasa: 16 inches (406 mm) Nakago: Ubu, 5 inches (127.00 mm), Nice old patina but there are some rust damages on the nakago. The yasurime is Katte Sagari . Kissaki: Chu-kissaki, 1.5 inches (40 mm). The boshi is ko-maru or yaki zume - it is not very visible and may be the blade has run out of kawagane on the kissaki ?. Moto-haba: 1.14 inches (29 mm). Moto-gasane: 0.25 inches (6.4 mm). Saki-haba: 0.83 inches (21 mm). Saki-gasane: 0.2 inches (5.0 mm). Sori: 0.47 inches (12 mm) Hamon: Gunome midare or may be hako midare. Hada: Mokume with chikei. Note: Shingane is visible on the shinogiji on ura side and may be whole kissaki has shingane surface. Shinogi and yokote is rounded because of sanpaper damage. Some rust pittings are deep and hard to remove. No cracks, chips or forging flaws. The blade is sharp and hamon is intact.

Hello, I founded another example. 守●造. The middle character looks like a cross between 定 and 宗 (and 家 ) Is the second letter altered on purpose ? Could the original mei be MORISADA (守定), Tenbun (天文, 1532-1555), Bungo – “Taira Morisada” (平守定), “Morisada saku” (守定作), Taira-Takada school ? B.R. Lubo

Hello. I spent more time on the "Mori-ie kore (o) tsukuru" Mei and I have found example of the 3rd nakago. You can refer to this link: http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/4544-wakizashi/ I assume all wakizashis with this Mei are Gimei. Thank you all for help. B.R. Lubo

Thank you gentlemen your opinion is valued. I'm beginner and I'm learning all the stuff. As far as I know, Hatakeda Moriie is very big name and I was at least correct that this is not the original. All Moriie wakizashis I have seen in books were mumei tachi o-suriage which is not this case. Firstly it is not mumei and secondly yakidashi is present as Daimyo suggested so it was made intentionally as wakizashi from the beginning. So I'll assume it is gimei from some mysterious swordsmith, probably shinto period. B.R. Lubo K

thank you for the information. I'm adding more pictures for reference.

Hello, please anybody has any new information to the problem ? I have similar wakizashi 守家造之 from ebay . Blade length:51.9cm/ 20.45 inches Sori : 1.6cm / 0.62 inches Nagasa: 77.0cm/ 30.31inches Weight: 834.0g Patina looks old, the shape seems to be kamakura like , I assume it is a decent copy of the original but it is definitely not an original form 13th century. Is it gimei or is it some swordsmith trying to imitate the style with slight different mei ? It seems both swords are from the same swordsmith, good quality, but not collectible because they have suspicious mei or gimei.